RL ST 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rabbinic Judaism, Mishnah, Oral Torah

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13 Dec 2016
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Introduction to judaism: interrelationship of all three (judaism, christianity, islam, christianity sees itself as having a relationship with judaism. Christianity and judaism have a place in islam. Islam is not included in christianity or judaism. Each of these religions are separate independent religions. They are as different from each other as hinduism is from buddhism. Understand judaism from the perspective of someone who practices judaism. Do not try to understand from perspective of christianity: all three of these religions see themselves worshiping one god (the god of abraham). This god is seen as all good, and all powerful. It is also seen as being a loving. God, an active god, and a personal god: linear conception of time (1)time and the world have a beginning. And, time and the world will have an end point. The events that occur in time, that is what we call history. Those events that occur for these monotheistic religions, they have a religious significance.

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